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I’ve always maintained Towson is not a “town” in the sense that Dover or Williamsburg or Harrisonburg are (i.e., college towns). Towson to me is more a bedroom suburb of Baltimore. Few if any, people, in Towson are clamoring for TU sports. As for the students, even with an increase in the number of students living on campus, I maintain TU is still at its core a commuter school, where students have little or no loyalty to the athletic teams, and are primarily interested in getting off campus as quickly as possible. Anyway, I realize we’ve gotten off track, in terms of this being a new AD thread.

The students were showing up in droves. Then a certain person decided to basically ban tailgating and put cops everywhere because of an accidents. It's never been the same since. Basketball is another story. I guess it's too far a walk.

As I've said many times here, FBS will be split into the halves and have nots. It already basically is. Two different tiers of FBS with 90+ scholarships and one with 75 or less. There will be nothing about stadium size. I'm not saying FCS will cease to exist. As long as North Dakota State is around, it will have some relevance. But the Group of Five can't survive in that Power Five version of FBS. That's where Delaware, ND State, Villanova and others that want to make the jump with 75 scholarships instead of 85 (just my guess). But if people don't want to follow football (not referring to just one poster, not TSU88) because they don't like FCS and all of its irrelevance, don't follow it. I'm going to continue the cover the program I love until I can't. For those who continue to tear it down, just don't post. We have enough enemies. Just let those who love the program enjoy it, even with all its ups and downs. As for plans to move up to FBS, it's not going to happen after a 4-7 season or when there is no AD. But we are going to have how many students on campus by 2025? Over 6,000 or 7,000? Or well over 10,000 students within a one mile radius of campus? Why should we settle for low standards? This isn't 1992 when I graduated and there were 14,000 students on campus. We need to make progress.

I for one prefer FCS, for a program such as ours, that would never have a shot at a big bowl in the FBS. I like the FCS playoffs. This is where I think a school like JMU might regret moving up. By that I mean what are they playing for in the Sunbelt? A chance to go to the R&L Carriers bowl? Whereas they could have remained a much bigger fish in a smaller pond. But I digress. Are you saying we’ll be a FBS “have not”? (Your phrase, not mine). Is there not currently a minimum stadium size requirement (like 20-25K capacity) to be an FBS program. Presumably that could change? As for the growing number of students living on campus, or in close proximity thereto, I feel like we’ve been hearing that argument for years, with no apparent appreciable change in student enthusiasm/attendance. I would love nothing better than to see an uptick in student attendance (and non-student attendance for that matter) but I admit I’m skeptical that’s going to happen. Of course, a new AD, and a better product on the field, could ostensibly help in that regard.

7-1 as a mid major with one semi upset win likely won’t get them receiving votes in the real poll. But the mid major poll they probably will and should be ranked